Quadripolar header connector support for pre-molded header of implantable pulse generator
AssigneePacesetter, Inc.
InventorBrett C. Villavicencio
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an implantable pulse generator for administering electrotherapy via an implantable lead. The pulse generator includes a housing and a header connector assembly coupled to the housing. The header connector assembly includes a connector assembly and a header enclosing the connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a support and a connector receptacle. The support extends at least partially about the connector receptacle and is at least partially responsible for having prevented injection molding material from entering the connector receptacle when the injection molding material was injection molded about the connector assembly in forming the header.
Claims11
An implantable pulse generator for administering electrotherapy via an implantable lead, the implantable pulse generator comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a header connector assembly coupled to the housing, the header connector assembly including a connector assembly and a header molded about the connector assembly such that the header encloses the connector assembly,
- wherein the connector assembly includes a support and a connector receptacle, the connector receptacle extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end of the connector receptacle to a distal end of the connector receptacle and comprising connector ring blocks alternating with insulating rings in a row along the longitudinal axis, and
- wherein the support is disposed between the connector receptacle and the header and at least partially surrounds the connector ring blocks and the insulating rings of the connector receptacle, the support exerting an axial compressive force to retain the connector receptacle under axial compression along the longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.